To clarify: the title is excerpted from Act 1 of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. The full quote goes:
"Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile;
So ere you find where light in darkness lies,
Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes."
It's a warning against spending too much of your life in scholarly pursuits.

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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Iowahawk Strikes Again -- Beltway Adventure

Anyone who has played a text-adventure game can appreciate this latest offering from the funniest man on the internet:

WELCOME TO ADVENTURE! WOULD YOU LIKE INSTRUCTIONS?>YESYOU ARE SOMEWHERE IN BELTWAY FOREST, WHERE SOME HAVE FOUND TREASURES OF GOLD ALTHOUGH SOME HAVE ENTERED AND NEVER BEEN SEEN AGAIN. MAGIC IS SAID TO WORK IN THE FOREST. I WILL BE YOUR EYES AND HANDS. DIRECT ME WITH SIMPLE COMMANDS.YOU ARE IN AN OVAL OFFICE. THERE IS SNOW OUTSIDE. YOU ARE BEHIND A DESK. ON DESK THERE IS A BUST OF CHURCHILL.YOU HAVE A CONGRESS.YOU HAVE A SENATE.YOU HAVE A MEDIA.YOU HAVE A TELEPROMPTER.YOU HAVE A MILITARY.YOU HAVE A BIG JET.YOU HAVE $3 TRILLION OF GOLD.YOU HAVE 82% APPROVAL HEALTH.THERE IS 7.2% UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE FOREST.YOU HAVE A RACE CARD.YOU HAVE INAUGURAL PARTY LEFTOVERS. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?>EAT LEFTOVERS>RETURN BUSTYOU ARE IN AN OVAL OFFICE. YOU ARE BEHIND A DESK. ON DESK THERE IS NO BUST OF CHURCHILL. THERE ARE NO MORE LEFTOVERS. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?>GIVE SPEECH YOU ARE IN AN OVAL OFFICE. YOUR APPROVAL HEALTH IS 81%. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?>NAME TEAM